- India has added 130,118 cases in the past 7 days.
- India has so far administered 2,003,355,257 vaccine doses.
- The count of active cases across India on July 19 saw a decrease of 610, compared with an increase of 815 on July 18.
- With 16,113 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.47%, while the fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.20%.
- India’s new daily closed cases stand at 16,138 — 25 deaths and 16,113 recoveries.
India on July 18 conducted 468,350 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 870,155,452.- The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (8020502), Kerala (6695156), Karnataka (3987428), Tamil Nadu (3520000), and Andhra Pradesh (2327197).
- The five states with the most active cases are West Bengal (29583), Kerala (23475), Tamil Nadu (16906), Maharashtra (15162), and Karnataka (7680).
- The five states with the highest fatalities are Maharashtra (148026), Kerala (70284), Karnataka (40131), Tamil Nadu (38030), and Delhi (26294).
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